Paint By Numbers Living Won’t Work.

 

I wonder what Job felt like when everyone offered their opinion as to how he was living when none of them could truly relate.

How often we try to determine the steps of others when in fact we cannot walk in their shoes. We decide how we should live and then put that on those around us. We pray for them, with our limited knowledge, and sometimes I wonder that we don’t actually get in the way of God.

There is no paint by numbers when it comes to really living. Primary colors are replaced by off shades, grays and yes, even purples.

I used to be really smart. I thought I knew what people around me needed and prayed specifically in that direction. I lost my intelligence to cancer, life and freedom. My amazing ability to be right replaced by trust and faith.

My prayers for safety and things are replaced with one prayer “Draw us closer to you.”

I remember as a kid praying that I’d never get cancer. I’d pray that I would have a good day. I prayed that I would have security. Now I find that all those things actually kept me from walking closely with God.

How then do I pray for my kids, for you and for people I run into? It’s really quite simple, “God, show them real freedom, show them how to walk with you, show them what it means to truly be a Follower of Christ.”

 

1 Comment

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  Greg July 30, 2011 at 8:56 am

  Oh Oh Oh..! That was good… Great Saturday Morning Starter.. !